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Revereulaz

Canton of Valais · District: Monthey · No published figure for the locality; the municipality of Vionnaz has 3'079 inhabitants (31.12.2025, provisional FSO figure)
Part of the municipality of Vionnaz
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Origin of the name Revereulaz

The meaning of the name Revereulaz remains obscure, and its oldest written form is not known.

Founding of Revereulaz

Revereulaz is one of the mountain villages of the municipality of Vionnaz, together with Mayen and Torgon. For a long time the village shared the fate of Vionnaz and Torgon, with which it belonged to the same lordship, that of the priory of Lutry. It stands apart in religious matters. First included in the parish of Vionnaz, it later forms with Mayen and Torgon a parish of its own, whose church is in Revereulaz.[1][4]

History of Revereulaz

1025. With Vionnaz and Torgon, Revereulaz forms a lordship of the priory of Lutry, which depends on the abbey of Savigny-en-Lyonnais.[1]

1293. Count Amadeus V of Savoy grants a charter of liberties to Vionnaz, whose lordship Revereulaz shares.[1]

16th century. A chapel already exists in the village.[1]

1552. The Valais Diet joins the lordship of Vionnaz, Revereulaz and Torgon to the governorship of Monthey.[1]

1798. Revereulaz is joined with Vionnaz and Torgon into a single municipality. Since that year it has also formed a parish of its own with Mayen and Torgon.[1][4]

1899. The parish church replaces the 16th-century chapel.[1]

1960. Télé-Torgon SA is founded. From 1970 it develops the resort of Torgon, in the La Jorette area.[1]

1984. Restoration of the parish church.[1]

1994. A 14-hectare peat bog in the municipality of Vionnaz is placed under protection.[1]

Historic sites in Revereulaz

Parish church. Church of the parish that unites Revereulaz, Mayen and Torgon, built on the site of the former chapel.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Vionnaz » (David Rey, version du 07.08.2013, version allemande)
  2. Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS), STATPOP, chiffres provisoires au 31.12.2025, via citypopulation.de
  3. geo.admin.ch, recherche de lieux (coordonnées du village)
  4. Z. Schoch, « Le chanoine Guérin à Vionnaz (1730-1808) », RERO DOC, document I-N177-1933-012

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